Beautiful morning after an evening of severe thunderstorms. Skies were clearing when I got up and the roads were mostly dry but littered with leaves and small branches. The weather forecast looks great for the rest of the work week with morning lows in the 60s and afternoon highs in the 80s. I now officially need my front headlight in the morning to see, at least for the first 10 minutes or so of my commute.

I've got a new commuter bike getting built up by my mechanic. Picked up a sweet used Waterford RST-22 last week, and I'm swapping parts from my touring bike for the build. This will give me a second "fast" commuter bike along with my Salsa Casseroll, except I might leave the fenders off the Waterford to make it a little lighter. Only problem with the Waterford is that I'll be afraid to leave it locked up at a rack.